Untapped Power: Insights and Wisdom for Collective Transformation in the Yoga Community

On today’s episode we will focus on understanding your personal relationship to giving and receiving and how to come into a place of balance between the two.   

Breaking down:

- Your current relationship to giving and receiving
- Asking yourself what is more dominant for you giving or receiving?
- The energetic exchange from giving and receiving
- Connection to Value and relationship to Money
- Creating a space to receive and give in balance
- Reference to Episode # 25

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In this episode I sit down with Suzanne Faith a passionate educator, a teacher’s teacher and a learner.  Suzanne has spent over three decades deeply immersed in the teachings and methodologies of yoga, psychology, meditation and spiritual contemplation.   

Together in this episode we explore:  

• Introduction to Yoga through Pranayama 
•  Therapeutics of Yoga and opening a studio in Canada
• Blending the asana and Psychology
• Breaking down the branches of Yoga and understanding your individual role as a teacher
• Commitment to the practices for an extended period of time
• Teaching requires continued practice
• Moving through the doubt, anxiety and fear as a teacher
• Reminder that we are all on our own personal journey and her to awaken
• Purpose of teaching is to awaken and be present to challenging situations
• Feeling into the full spectrum of our emotions through the practice of yoga
• Seeing the wholeness of students when teaching
• Teaching as a therapeutic practice
• Universal Reasons for coming to mat 
• Allowing students to connect to their own personal process
• The power of Prana and taking care of the self to live out values
• Taking the time to align completely with values 
• Opening up space to live a life more heart based
• Continuing to check in with ourselves to know when to shift and change
• Making decisions on what feels right
• Stepping back and allowing space for the right things to happen in the right timing
• Creation and development of Bindu Institute 
• The practice of being in stillness with self to receive clarity 
• Allowing people to find their own way in and heal 
• The power in community
• Untapped Power of developing an integrated institute to bring more awareness to humanity
• Healing power of sharing our own stories

You can connect with Suzanne on instagram @suzannefaithyoga or visit the Bindu Institute to learn more. 

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On today’s episode I will be breaking down the idea of value.   What does it really mean to value yourself or how do you know what you do value and what how do you charge for your value?

Breaking down:

- How values get determined when we are born by our culture and caretakers
- Figuring out your own personal values
- Understanding how you are aligning with your values
- The importance of personal evolution and growth
- How we spend our money and time is in direct correlation to our values
- Observing where you are spending your time and money
- It is our real job in this world to figure out our own values and make sure they align

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In this episode I sit down with Sarah Bright a Chakra coach and Yoga Teacher.  Sarah is the host of the podcast, Your Chakra Coach, a show that blends ancient information about our energy system, with practical modern physiology and psychology.  

Together we explore: 

• Sarah’s unconventional journey into yoga through a theater program that planted the seed for her chakra system work 
• How Sarah avoided Yoga for so long until it unexpectedly came into her world in 2017 through the practice of Astanga Yoga
• Disconnect from the body and spirit 
• “ I am simply passing on information I have received”  
• We are required to pay attention to all parts of ourselves and when we take the spiritual component out of it we miss opportunities to understand ourselves
• Responsibility as a coach to help you find your own answer 
• Important to not be committed to being right
• A breakdown of Sarah’s coaching practice with the chakras through understanding and exploration
• Teaching of Chakras through her podcast 
• Trend in root chakra trauma and the throat chakra
• The universe doesn’t make mistakes - if you are here it is because you are needed
• On the other side of fear is the possibility
• Sarah’s process of overcoming fear to start a podcast
• Fear is the shadow side of the root chakra
• The importance of being a student even in moments of also being a teacher
• Sarah shares an exercise to overcome fear 
• Knowing when to take action on your emotions
• The importance of putting yourself in uncomfortable situations or conversations
• Life is a constant practice
• Letting go of the idea of perfect balance and welcoming in an imbalance of your chakras
• Self Awareness to your own chakra blocks
• “The Greatest gift you can give the world is the work you do on yourself”
• You can’t intellectually know things you must experience them 
• How Sarah moved through her relationship to money and learning to charge her worth
• Sarah’s personal untapped power of finding how to broadly share her journey

To connect with Sarah you can find her @yourchakracoach

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In this episode I break down why I believe everyone can cultivate a meditation practice and why it is the key to creating lasting happiness.

Breaking down:

- Why everyone can have a meditation practice
- The challenge behind stillness and slowing down
- The importance of having a desire for wanting it
- Finding what works for you individually through personal experience
- The importance of experimenting more than one time
- An exercise for observing your thoughts
- Learning to not attach to your thoughts and to stay in observation 

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In this conversation I sit down with Troy McFadden a facilitator of mindfulness groups and a personal coach, mentor and consultant via his private coaching business, wisdom warrior coaching.  Troy has had an extensive career in the Yoga Industry which includes the establishment of The Sanctuary Resort's Spa and Wellness Centre in Southern Thailand, a Hot Yoga studio in the US, and The School of Sacred Arts ( SOSA).

Together we explore: 

• Troy’s journey into Yoga that began at 19 years old 
• Knowing when it was time to transition away from the yoga industry
• How the yoga industry has shifted and changed through the course of Troy’s career starting in the 90s
• Relationship between art and commerce
• Benefits of making yoga more accessible to people through capitalism
• Being in integrity and not attaching to outcomes 
• Be in trust of what is in alignment for you and trusting personal intuition 
• Troy shares a personal experience of not being in alignment when opening a Bikram Yoga studio 
• How leaving a situation that was not aligned led to Troy opening his School of Sacred Arts
• The benefits of keeping everything in balance 
• Learning that arrives from suffering 
• Tendency in our culture towards showmanship and putting our best selves forward
• How to Troy is able to stay in a place of gratitude as an ongoing practice
• Troy’s Mantra when going out into the world:  “From a place of genuine care what is the most helpful thing I can do”
• Moving forward into the world through intuition and love 
• Experience of personal suffering and exhausting all possibilities so there is less interest in ego
• Choosing an unconventional life and path
• Importance of Stillness and coming into your own desires
• Taking one small action towards what you desire
• Takes bravery to choose a different path and allow for it 
• How Covid has allowed people to awaken to the desires within themselves
• How Troy has changed his relationship to discomfort
• Troy’s story behind opening the school of Sacred Arts and being in integrity
• Transitioning away from Yoga into coaching 
• How Troy has stayed away from social media and been able to maintain integrity in his coaching business
• Troy’s Untapped Power:  Universe as a whole which we are one with 
• Letting go and making space and experiencing connection with all 

You can connect with Troy by visiting his website @ wisdom warrior coaching.

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In this Episode I explore the practice of discovering your own Untapped Power.

Breaking down:

- Questions to ask yourself to reconnect
- Cutting through the layers to get the core
- Finding and connecting with your own untapped power
- My personal untapped power of trust and surrender
- Our collective Untapped Power and how it can be accessed

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As we move into a new year, I break down the practice for creating sacred personal intentions that work for you.

Breaking down:

- The WHY behind creating intentions
- The power in intentions that are your own
- The practice of returning to stillness
- Knowing for yourself when intentions are clear
- Not giving away your power to someone else
- How your personal experiences provide clarity to move your intentions forward
- The importance of facing all parts of life

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In this episode I sit down with Leah Copper a Ryoho Yoga teacher who has been practicing for the last 25 years.  Leah lives in South Australia where she started her yoga business, The Centre of Ki, in 2013.   

Together in this episode we explore:

• The process for finding and discovering your own center point
• Refinement through personal experiences
• The practice in releasing control
• How taking the pressure off allows space for freedom
• Leah’s personal process for starting her business
• The ending of her relationship allowed for more space and opportunity
• Moving into joyful marketing and continued creation 
• Learning to trust the self through discernment 
• Power in Surrounding yourself with people who support you
• Holding space and listening
• The practice of Ryoho yoga and why it worked for Leah
• Challenges and surprises in running a business
• Benefits of market research
• Discovering your voice and learning to use it over and over again
• Untapped Power of having a consistent meditation practice 

To connect with Leah you can visit her website or follow her on facebook and instagram.   Leah recently started her own podcast called The Wellbeing Room where she hopes to inspire her listeners through the stories she shares to improve wellness and get more out of life. 

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In this episode I break down the process in learning to pivot with acceptance and compassion

Breaking down:

- Knowing and being aware of your feelings
- Not attaching your own self worth to outcomes
- Knowing the time to pivot will come from the heart
- Acceptance and compassion for yourself when things change
- My personal business pivot that is currently happening
- What my process has taught me

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